Foreign Language Course Descriptions

ARAB 1312 Beginning Arabic
(3 semester hours) This course will integrate acquisition of the four
language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) with study
of Arab culture and civilization. It will combine classroom instruction
with the use of interactive multimedia language lab that will enable
the students to have access to sound and images from Arabic-language
videos, videodiscs, CD-ROMs, and audiotapes. Use of the multimedia language
lab is required. (3-0) YARAB 2312 Intermediate Arabic (3 semester hours) This
course is a continuation of Beginning Arabic. May be repeated for credit
(6 hours maximum). Prerequisite: ARAB 1312 or permission of the instructor.
(3-0) YCHIN 1312 Beginning Chinese
(3 semester hours) This course will integrate acquisition of the four
language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) with study
of Chinese culture and civilization. It will combine classroom instruction
with the use of interactive multimedia language lab that will enable
the students to have access to sound and images from Chinese-language
videos, videodiscs, CD-ROMs, and audiotapes. Use of the multimedia language
lab is required. (3-0) YCHIN 2312 Intermediate Chinese (3 semester hours) This
course is a continuation of Beginning Chinese. May be repeated for credit
(6 hours maximum). Prerequisite: CHIN 1312 or permission of the instructor.
(3-0) YFREN 1312 Beginning French
(3 semester hours) This course will integrate acquisition of the four
language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) with study
of French culture and civilization. It will combine classroom instruction
with the use of interactive multimedia language lab that will enable
the students to have access to sound and images from French-language
videos, videodiscs, CD-ROMs, and audiotapes. Use of the multimedia language
lab is required. (3-0) YFREN 2312 Intermediate French (3 semester hours) This
course is a continuation of Beginning French. May be repeated for credit
(6 hours maximum). Prerequisite: FREN 1312 or permission of the instructor.
(3-0) YGREK 1312 Beginning Greek (6 semester
hours) The grammar and syntax of ancient Greek. Discussion of the Greek
sensibility, which is inseparable from the Greek language. Some readings
of short poems of Archilochus, Sappho, and Anacreon. Graduated readings
from Aesop and Herodotus. (6 0) TGREK 2312 Intermediate Greek (3 semester hours) Readings
in selected Greek poetry and prose. Prerequisite: GREK 1312 or permission
of instructor. (3-0) TLANG 1312 Beginning Language Instruction (3 semester
hours) This course offers beginning instruction in foreign languages
not taught on a regular basis. The course integrates acquisition of
language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) with study
of culture and civilization. Languages will vary but may include German,
Italian, Hindi, or Russian. (3-0) RLANG 2312 Intermediate Language Instruction (3 semester
hours) This course is a continuation of beginning instruction in foreign
languages not taught on a regular basis. Languages will vary but may
include German, Italian, Hindi, or Russian. (3-0) RLANG 2342 Topics in Language (3 semester hours) Subject
matter will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit
as topics vary (6 hours maximum). (3-0) RLANG 3342 Advanced Language Instruction
(3 semester hours) This course is a continuation of instruction in foreign
languages not taught on a regular basis. Languages will vary. (3-0)
R LANG 4348 Advanced Topics in Language (3 semester hours)
Subject matter will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated
for credit as topics vary (6 hours maximum). (3-0) RSPAN 1312 (SPAN 1311) Beginning Spanish
(3 semester hours) This course will integrate acquisition of the four
language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) with study
of Spanish culture and civilization. It will combine classroom instruction
with the use of an interactive multimedia language lab that will enable
the students to have access to sound and images from authentic Spanish
language videos, videodiscs, CD ROMs, and audiotapes. Use of the multimedia
language lab is required. (3-0) YSPAN 2312 Intermediate Spanish (3 semester hours) This
course is a continuation of beginning Spanish. May be repeated for credit
(6 hours maximum). (3-0) YSPAN 3360 Functional Spanish for Cultural Awareness I
(3 semester hours) The development of spoken and written Spanish through
the use of diverse cultural materials from Spain and Latin America,
such as selections from print and broadcast media, literature, music,
and the visual arts. Prerequisite: 12 hours of college level Spanish,
four years of high school Spanish, or permission of the instructor.
(3-0) TSPAN 3361 Functional Spanish for Cultural Awareness II
(3 semester hours) Continuation of LIT 3360. Prerequisite: Successful
completion of SPAN 3360, 15 hours of college level Spanish, or permission
of the instructor. (3-0) TSPAN 3363 Spanish Composition and Style (3 semester
hours) Designed to offer students the opportunity to perfect linguistic
skills and to comprehend selected works of Peninsular and Spanish American
writers. Prerequisite: SPAN 2312 or the equivalent, or permission of
the instructor. (3-0) TSPAN 3364 Spanish Culture (3 semester hours) This course
is designed to offer students of Spanish the opportunity to perfect
the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing).
In addition to reviewing the most intricate aspects of Spanish grammar,
students will be introduced to selected works by Peninsular and Spanish
American writers, literary analysis, discussion, and translation of
some of their works. This class will be conducted largely in Spanish.
(3-0) YSPAN 3441 Medical Spanish (4 semester hours) This course
is designed to introduce students to the utilization of the Spanish
language in the Health Care arena. A combination of written and oral
exercises will be employed in a workshop atmosphere. Prerequisite: Introductory
Spanish or the equivalent. (4 0) YSPAN 4364 Advanced Spanish Culture (3 semester hours)
This course will provide students with a basic knowledge of and appreciation
for the Spanish language, culture and civilization as found in Spain,
Latin America, and the Hispanic communities in the U.S.A. The traditional
elements and new trends of the culture as revealed in the arts, music,
film and literature will be covered. Classes will be conducted in Spanish
with occasional use of English for clarification of difficult concepts
only. (3-0) YVIET 1312 Beginning Vietnamese
(3 semester hours) This course will integrate acquisition of the four
language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) with study
of Vietnamese culture and civilization. It will combine classroom instruction
with the use of interactive multimedia language lab that will enable
the students to have access to sound and images from Vietnamese-language
videos, videodiscs, CD-ROMs, and audiotapes. Use of the multimedia language
lab is required. (3-0) YVIET 2312 Intermediate Vietnamese (3 semester hours)
This course is a continuation of Beginning Vietnamese. May be repeated
for credit (6 hours maximum). Prerequisite: VIET 1312 or permission
of the instructor. (3-0) Y

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